I'm thinking of going back to uni in 2010. I did uni for a year after high school but failed miserably and ended up throwing it in. Depsite that, I ended up with an excellent job which pays really well. I was supposed to be doing a course through work this year but due to low numbers, the course was pulled. I am itching to study again!
Would the course I choose still go off my UAI from year 12? Or would I sit an exam as a mature age student to determine my entry score? I really have no idea how this works!
Depends - if you want to you can still use your UAI (they have ways of spinning the numbers to make them fit with the new numbers) or you could do a mature age entry exam (seeings as you are so old! LOL). Depends on whether your magic number will get you into what you want. If it does I wouldn't bother - if you rang the enrollment section at the uni you want to go to then they would be able to tell you if yours equates to enough points.
It also depends on how old your results are. In WA, after a certain amount of years, you can't use your results anymore. Call TISC in your area, or check out their website. I did a mature aged entry and got a much better score than my TEE results (which I couldn't use anyway) so sometimes it's better to just bite the bullet and do the STAT test.
Each course of study has different entry pathways too (thanks for reminding me, Kitt3n!) so it's often a good idea to figure out what you want to do, then research the alternative entry requirements of each university, eg UWA psychology only allows entry via TEE results, ie no direct entry with a STAT test. But at Curtin, Murduch and ECU, you can enter via a STAT test. At none of the unis in Perth, can you enter without either TEE, STAT or recognition of prior learning.
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